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I’ve been takin’ care of business this week. Social stuff, employment stuff – I’m putting myself out there more and getting more back in return. Yay!

A few meals this week have looked like this:

I’m used to cooking Boston butts for big crowds…that hunk of pork will feed a family of 3 for at least a week. And on top? My “famous” lightened-up coleslaw! I like that I can have a large quantity of something at the beginning of the week and just grab little bits at a time – it’s easier than trying to plan a meal from the ground up. Although this isn’t exactly the leanest cut of meat…

Last night, Mom and I had a lady-date at Miyo’s in Irmo where we went all out. I started with a Lychee-tini, made with Absolut, Horin Sake, and Asian lychee juice.

…and we shared a Vietnamese summer roll. It was served in a semi-spicy, peanutty sauce. Super-good!

Instead of having a ginormous entree each (since we knew we wanted dessert), we shared two sushi rolls: the Nagasaki (“spicy scallop & crunch inside with sweet shrimp & crunch on top”) and one of our favorites, the Godzilla (“shrimp and crab/tempura fried”). Tempura-fried? Not so healthy, but I get weirded out by raw fish, so I try to avoid or at least numb it with ingredients that mask it.

Amazing. Speaking of amazing – the aforementioned dessert was out of this world. Or should I say, “desserts?”

And cashew caramel cheesecake. This one bested us – we had to take it home.

I hadn’t been that stuffed in a looooong time. I didn’t miss that feeling.

My exercise lately has been pretty non-existent; I’ve been really busy this week, but it’s lame to make excuses. I need to make time for exercise no matter what’s going on. I brought my running clothes today when I was out and about, but my meeting this morning took way longer than I anticipated, so I talked myself out of going to the gym. Boooo, Kat.

I’ll take them again tomorrow and hope I feel like running off some steam when I get done with my obligations in the morning.

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